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Join us for the Sports, Race and Society Lecture: Dr. Myron Rolle — former NFL player and neurosurgeon — in conversation with John Mack ’00 on balancing sports, medical career, and community leadership.
📆 October 8 @ 7:30
👥 McCosh 10 — Open to all
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Join us Oct 2–3 for Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, a two-day interdisciplinary conference on archives' role in Islam and Muslim societies.
📍 Hobart Betts Auditorium.
👥 Open to public
Register: buff.ly/i0R461d
Join us Sept. 29 @ 5PM for the AY27 Faculty‑Graduate Seminar Series: "Black Feminisms" — a discussion of the politics of Blackness and influence on shaping gender and belonging, ft. Sophia Monegro (Smith College).
📍 Hobson‑Rogers Seminar Room
Register: buff.ly/1rBJifA
As a department committed to the study of African American history, culture, and traditions, we recognize Juneteenth as both a commemoration of emancipation and an invitation to engage more deeply with the ongoing pursuit of justice, equity, and liberation.buff.ly/I7oiZxV
🗓️ 2026 Black Queer & Trans Studies Graduate Conference – Day Two Panels
Conversations examining resistance, movement, and belonging through global Black queer and trans perspectives. Open to all. Registration is required.
aas.princeton.edu/events
🗓️ 2026 Black Queer & Trans Studies Graduate Conference - Day 1 Panels
Interdisciplinary conversations on Black queer/trans life, power, and politics. Open to all — registration required.
🔗 aas.princeton.edu/events
TOMORROW (4/26) 🗓️ AAS Co‑Sponsored Event: “The Jefferson Paradox” featuring Annette Gordon‑Reed, moderated by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. — Sunday, April 26, 3:00 PM at the Nassau Presbyterian Church. buff.ly/GC3nLOu
This conference will be a space for inter- and cross-disciplinary dialogue amongst graduate and early-career scholars of Black queer/trans life and politics, capaciously defined. This event is open to all — Registration is required.
Learn more at aas.princeton.edu/events!
Prof. Joshua Guild joined Dr. Greene‑Hayes for a conversation examining Greene‑Hayes’s first book, "Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans"(University of Chicago Press, 2025). #tbt
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: AAS Alumni Mix & Mingle
Join us May 22, 2–4 PM at Morrison Hall for an afternoon of connection, reflection, and celebration with the African American Studies community.
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🗓️ AAS Co‑Sponsored Event
"The Jefferson Paradox"
Sunday, April 26, 3:00 PM
Nassau Presbyterian Church
Eddie Glaude joins Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon‑Reed as she discusses her new book, "Jefferson on Race".
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ALT AAS Co‑Sponsored Event "The Jefferson Paradox" Sunday, April 26, 3:00 PM Nassau Presbyterian Church
Keeanga‑Yamahtta Taylor joined Jelani Cobb for a timely conversation on Cobb’s new book, "Three or More Is a Riot", tracing a decade of Black protest, backlash, and the forces that shaped our current moment.
ALT Keeanga‑Yamahtta Taylor joins Jelani Cobb for a timely conversation on Cobb’s new book, Three or More Is a Riot, tracing the past decade of Black protest, backlash, and the forces that shaped our current moment.
ALT Keeanga‑Yamahtta Taylor joins Jelani Cobb for a timely conversation on Cobb’s new book, Three or More Is a Riot, tracing the past decade of Black protest, backlash, and the forces that shaped our current moment.
ALT Keeanga‑Yamahtta Taylor joins Jelani Cobb for a timely conversation on Cobb’s new book, Three or More Is a Riot, tracing the past decade of Black protest, backlash, and the forces that shaped our current moment.
Join us May 1–2 for the 2026 Black Queer & Trans Studies Graduate Conference—bringing together graduate and early‑career scholars to explore Black queer/trans life, politics, and power through a global lens. Learn more and Register at buff.ly/qAK5Jch
The AAS Faculty‑Graduate Seminar is an intimate intellectual community bringing together faculty and graduate students to discuss interdisciplinary works‑in‑progress. Learn more about the AY26 seminar aas.princeton.edu!
Watch this clip from Panel #3, “The Meaning of Racism After Critical Race Theory and DEI,” from our BLACK STUDIES IS FOR EVERYONE event.
Learn more and watch the full event at aas.princeton.edu/news!
TOMORROW (4/10) 🗓️ Art Hx Speaker Series with Sophie Hamacher, "Pulse and Projection: Visio Cordis in Practice" - Friday, April 10, 4:30 pm, Princeton University Art Museum.
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Watch this clip from Panel #2, ““Black Art and Letters in a Time of Crisis,” from our BLACK STUDIES IS FOR EVERYONE event.
Learn more and watch the full event at aas.princeton.edu/news!
📚️ New Fall 2026 Course: AAS 202(EC) “Methods in African American Studies”, taught by Prof. Marcus Lee. Learn more about this course and other AAS offerings at aas.princeton.edu/courses
🗓️ Art Hx Speaker Series with Sophie Hamacher, "Pulse and Projection: Visio Cordis in Practice"
Friday, April 10, 2026, 4:30 pm
Princeton University Art Museum.
buff.ly/vz5HbmP
Watch this clip from Panel #1, “Black Studies and White Supremacy in the Trump Era,” from our BLACK STUDIES IS FOR EVERYONE event.
Learn more and watch the full event at aas.princeton.edu/news!